Referred to: The Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit

Committee (Chairman Briggs and Legislators Allen, Archer, Litts, Maio, Maloney

and Rodriguez), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and

Legislators Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, Maloney, Provenzano and Rodriguez)

Chairman of the Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit

Committee, Thomas J. Briggs, and Deputy Chairman James F. Maloney offer the

following:

WHEREAS, Ulster County established a 30 day review period for the

addition of lands to Agricultural Districts, in accordance with NYS Agriculture and

Markets Law Article 25AA, § 303-b; and

WHEREAS, the 30-day review period for the additions of lands to

Agricultural Districts as set by the County ended on March 30, 2014; and

WHEREAS, the Agricultural Farmland Protection Board received requests

from landowners to include parcels of land in Agricultural Districts; and

WHEREAS, Agriculture and Markets Law Article 25AA, § 303-b requires a

Public Hearing to be held concerning the addition of one or more parcels of land to

Agricultural Districts; and

WHEREAS, Agriculture and Markets Law Article 25AA, § 303-b also

requires directly notifying, in writing, those municipalities whose territory

encompasses lands proposed for inclusion in Agricultural Districts; now, therefore,

be it

RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature is hereby

directed to act according to NYS Agriculture and Markets Law § 303-b to cause a

legal notice of said Public Hearing to be published, and to provide a copy of the

hearing notice in writing, to all municipalities that have lands proposed for inclusion

in Agricultural Districts; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that said Public Hearing will be held on June 17, 2014 at 7:15

PM in the Legislative Chambers, Ulster County Office Building, 244 Fair Street,

Kingston, New York,

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Resolution No. 182 May 20, 2014

Setting A Public Hearing As Required Under Article 25AA Of The

Agriculture And Markets Law, On The Addition Of Lands To

Agricultural Districts, To Be Held On June 17, 2014 At 7:15 PM

And Providing Direct Notice To Affected Municipalities –

Department Of Planning

and move its adoption.

 ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

 AYES: 22 NOES: 0

 (Absent: Legislator Provenzano)

Passed Committee: Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit

on May 6, 2014

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on May 14, 2014

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COUNTY OF ULSTER

This is to certify that I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Ulster have compared the

foregoing resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office of said clerk, and which was adopted by said

Legislature on the 20th Day of May, 2014, and that the same is a true and correct transcript of said resolution and of the

whole thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Ulster this 23rd Day of May in

the year Two Thousand and Fourteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature